To the Editor: Governor Cuomo will leave office with a record $18 million in campaign cash. This is a testament to how well the self-proclaimed progressive served the interests of plutocrats, such as charter-school hedge-fund billionaires, nursing-home owners, and powerful real-estate interests. Whatever Cuomo achieved during his 10-plus years in office, there was a high price to pay. He governed with a brutal ends-justify-the-means style and pay-for-play politics.
In March, Cuomo said, "I ask the people of New York State to wait for the facts from the Attorney General's report before forming an opinion." When the facts in the Attorney General's investigation were released Aug. 3, Cuomo attacked the report and proclaimed, "I never touched anyone inappropriately or made sexual advances." This claim is incredible, given the damning evidence in the report.
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